Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-401 (2026)
Proof of contract
✓ current as of May 2026
In all actions for damages for the breach of promise or contract of marriage that may hereafter be tried in the courts of this state, unless there is written evidence of such contract, signed by the party against whom the action is brought, the alleged contract must be proved by at least two (2) disinterested witnesses before any recovery may be allowed.
Acts 1949, ch. 161, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 8462.3 (Williams, § 9720.7); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-701.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2000–2012 · leading case: Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig, 382 S.W.3d 325 (Tenn. 2012).
Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig, 382 S.W.3d 325 (Tenn. 2012). “Acts 486 (codified at Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 36-3-401 to-405 (2010)).”
David Rivkin v. Lori Postal (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “First, Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-405 provides that these claims could not be joined with other damage claims.”
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